Preface
PART I
1. Chapter 1 – Handling, restraint and pre-anesthetic assessment
2. Chapter 2 – Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology
3. Chapter 3 – Sedation and Premedication
4. Chapter 4 – Injectable Anesthetics and Induction of Anesthesia
5. Chapter 5 - Local anesthetics and loco-regional techniques
6. Chapter 6 - Inhalation and Balanced Anesthesia
7. Chapter 7 - Monitoring
8. Chapter 8 – Fluid therapy
9. Chapter 9 – Anesthetic management of special conditions
10. Chapter 10 – Anesthetic complications
PART II
11. Chapter 11 – Mechanisms of pain
12. Chapter 12 – Assessment and Recognition of Acute Pain
13. Chapter 13 – Treatment of acute (adaptive) pain
14. Chapter 14 - Assessment and recognition of chronic (maladaptive) pain
15. Chapter 15 – Treatment of chronic (maladaptive) pain